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. 1984 Jan 15;217(2):435–440. doi: 10.1042/bj2170435

Organization of a multifunctional protein in pyrimidine biosynthesis. A domain hypersensitive to proteolysis.

P C Rumsby, P C Campbell, L A Niswander, J N Davidson
PMCID: PMC1153234  PMID: 6365086

Abstract

When the multifunctional protein that catalyses the first three steps of pyrimidine biosynthesis in hamster cells is treated with staphylococcal V8 proteinase, a single cleavage takes place. The activities of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase (EC 6.3.5.5), aspartate carbamoyltransferase (EC 2.1.3.2) and dihydro-orotase (EC 3.5.2.3) and the allosteric inhibition by UTP are unaffected. One fragment, of Mr 182000, has the first and third enzyme activities, whereas the other fragment, of Mr 42000, has aspartate carbamoyltransferase activity and an aggregation site. A similar small fragment is observed in protein digested with low concentrations of trypsin. A similar large fragment is seen after digestion with trypsin and as the predominating form of this protein in certain mutants defective in pyrimidine biosynthesis. These results indicate that a region located adjacent to the aspartate carbamoyltransferase domain is hypersensitive to proteinase action in vitro and may also be sensitive to proteolysis in vivo.

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